Category: Football

In the 2013 ESPN Preseason Power Rankings, the Louisville Cardinals come in at #8. They switch places with Clemson from the Coaches’ poll. Here is what they say about the Cards: “Louisville is the unquestioned favorite to win the American Athletic Conference for two reasons — preseason Heisman hopeful Teddy Bridgewater returns, along with 18 starters on…

Previous position breakdowns: Quarterbacks Wide Receivers Running Backs Today we continue the position breakdowns for the 2013 football season and focus on the Tight Ends. This should be a pretty solid and deep group on the offense. Let’s see who we have… Gerald Christian RS Junior 6’3 242 lbs Christian comes to the Cards…

For the 2nd day in a row, Charlie Strong has gotten a commitment from a defensive tackle for the class of 2014. Tonight, 3* Chris Nelson from Lakeland, FL became the newest commit. Nelson is 6’3 and 280 lbs. He also has offers from Kentucky, Nebraska, Missouri, NC State, Pittsburgh, and more. As a junior,…

Previous position breakdowns: Quarterbacks Wide Receivers Today we continue our position breakdowns for the 2013 football season and focus on the Running Backs. Of course the big news recently was the addition of Michael Dyer to the team. Adding Dyer to an already solid group is big. Let’s take a look at who the Cards…

Christopher Boykin AKA Big Black of the Rob and Big Show will be tailgating with the Cards for the September 7th game against EKU. Big Black will be at the Fairgrounds Gate 4 on the big grass area to the left. As most know Big Black really jumped on the Cardinal train last spring after some…

According to his coach Mike Tunsil, freshman Athlete/Safety Chucky Williams has been cleared to play for the Cards this season. Williams is from Hialeah, Florida. He is listed at 6’2 and 180 lbs. On Monday, Charlie Strong mentioned that 2 freshmen still were not on campus, and that was Williams and Donel Elam. At the time,…

Previous position breakdowns: Quarterbacks Today we continue the position breakdowns for the 2013 football season and focus on the Wide Receivers, which Coach Charlie Strong said at his press conference on Monday would be the strength of the offense. If you want to talk about a position with depth, this is it. So let’s go…

At today’s press conference, Coach Charlie Strong mentioned that there are two incoming freshmen that are still not on campus, and they are Chucky Williams and Donel Elam. From what it sounds like, Williams is still working towards taking care of business to get here, but Elam likely will not be apart of this class….

When you think back to the best quarterbacks in UofL history, Brian Brohm is surely near the top of your list. He threw for 10,775 yards in his career, 2nd only to Chris Redman. His 30 touchdown passes in 2007 is the most in school history. In almost every major passing category in school history,…

In our first position breakdown for the 2013 football season, we will take a look at the Quarterback position for the Louisville Cardinals. I thought about just putting a picture of Teddy and that would be the whole post. But since you are taking the time to check out the site (appreciated by the way),…

Charlie Strong has landed another linebacker! This time it is Isaac Stewart, a 3 star recruit from Matthews, NC. He is 6’2 and 232 lbs. As a junior, Stewart had 115 tackles and 6 sacks for David W Butler High School. He also has offers from Kentucky, NC State, UNC, Purdue, and a few others.

The Cards kick off their season FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY! It can not get here soon enough for me. With that being said, the month of August has some important dates for you to keep in mind when it comes to the upcoming season.

Press release from GoCards.com on Friday August 2 Aug. 2, 2013 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville junior quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was selected on Friday to the Manning Award Watch List, which is sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. This year’s list of quarterbacks was selected in conjunction with the release of ESPN’s new Total Quarterback Rating (QBR);…

There are still details to be worked out, but it looks like Louisville Football’s annual “Fan Day” will be Sunday August 18 from noon-2:30. If it is how it’s been in the past, there will be tables set up all around the concourse of Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium with players signing autographs. Usually, fans can…

As some of you may know, I lived in Auburn, Alabama from August 2008-April 2012. So I was down there for the 2010 National Championship and got to see Michael Dyer live and in person. So I have been very excited about the possibility of Dyer joining the Cards. Others may have just seen his…

By Daryl Foust: I wouldn’t say it was a ‘dire situation’ (pun intended) to add Michael Dyer to the Louisville roster this upcoming season. Louisville has just been voted the conference favorite to win the AAC for what I like to call a buffer year until we pack our bags in 2014. Don’t get me…

There has been a lot of chatter recently, but now it is finally official: Michael Dyer has joined the Louisville Cardinals! Dyer was the MVP of the 2011 BCS National Championship game for the Auburn Tigers when they defeated the Oregon Ducks 22-19. He rushed for 143 yards on 22 carries and had the most memorable…